THE BATON ROUGE CONCERT BAND
The Baton Rouge Concert Band (BRCB) is a non-profit community organization
dedicated to the cultural enrichment and entertainment of the Greater Baton Rouge
area.BRCB is under the direction of Sheily Bell, Conductor, and Julie Horridge,
Assistant Conductor and is composed of approximately sixty local musicians who
volunteer their time and talents to bring enjoyable musical entertainment to the
community. Our dedicated musicians are excellent artistic performers from all walks of
life. We are music teachers, educators, doctors, lawyers, chemists, engineers,
technicians, computer specialists, retired persons, college students, homemakers etc.
Formed in June, 1977 by Vernon Taranto, the Band has been providing entertainment to
the community and performing at civic functions ever since. Mr. Taranto retired in 2002
after 50 years of conducting including 25 years with the BRCB.
BRCB has been invited to perform at the Association of Concert Bands annual
convention on five occasions: April 1990 in Plano, TX, April 1992 in Gainesville, FL,
April 1997 in Lafayette, LA, March 2007 in Pensacola, FL and March 2009 in Houston,
TX. BRCB is one of two bands that have been invited to perform at the ACB convention
this many times.
The Baton Rouge Concert Band (BRCB) is a non-profit community organization
dedicated to the cultural enrichment and entertainment of the Greater Baton Rouge
area.BRCB is under the direction of Sheily Bell, Conductor, and Julie Horridge,
Assistant Conductor and is composed of approximately sixty local musicians who
volunteer their time and talents to bring enjoyable musical entertainment to the
community. Our dedicated musicians are excellent artistic performers from all walks of
life. We are music teachers, educators, doctors, lawyers, chemists, engineers,
technicians, computer specialists, retired persons, college students, homemakers etc.
Formed in June, 1977 by Vernon Taranto, the Band has been providing entertainment to
the community and performing at civic functions ever since. Mr. Taranto retired in 2002
after 50 years of conducting including 25 years with the BRCB.
BRCB has been invited to perform at the Association of Concert Bands annual
convention on five occasions: April 1990 in Plano, TX, April 1992 in Gainesville, FL,
April 1997 in Lafayette, LA, March 2007 in Pensacola, FL and March 2009 in Houston,
TX. BRCB is one of two bands that have been invited to perform at the ACB convention
this many times.
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